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प्राप्तकर्ता: अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया पाठक और समुदाय
प्रेषक: स्यू गार्डनर, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन की कार्यकारी निदेशक
तिथि: 16 जनवरी, 2012

आज, विकिपीडिया समुदाय बुधवार, 18 जनवरी को 05:00 यूटीसी बजे शुरु होते हुए दुनिया भर में अंग्रेजी भाषा विकिपीडिया को 24 घंटे के लिए निष्प्रदीप कर देगी (आप विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन का बयान यहाँ पढ़ सकते हैं)। यह निष्प्रदीप एक विरोध है संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में प्रस्तावित विधेयक के खिलाफ—अमेरिकी प्रतिनिधि सभा का स्टॉप ऑनलाइन पाईरेसी एक्ट (एसओपीए) और अमेरिकी सीनेट का प्रोटेक्ट आईपी एक्ट (पीआईपीए)—जो कि, यदि पारित होता है, गंभीर रूप से विकिपीडिया सहित स्वतंत्र और खुले इंटरनेट को हानि पहुचाएगा।

यह पहली बार है की अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया पर कभी इस प्रकार का एक सार्वजनिक विरोध का मंचन किया जाएगा, और यह एक निर्णय है जो कि हल्के ढंग से नहीं किया गया था। यहाँ पर बताया गया है की कैसे तीन विकिपीडिया प्रबन्धको ने, जिन्होने औपचारिक रूप से समुदाय की चर्चा में मदद की, इसे वर्णित किया है। सार्वजनिक बयान से, उपयोगकर्ता:NuclearWarfare उपयोगकर्ता:Risker और उपयोगकर्ता:Billinghurst द्वारा हस्ताक्षरित:

यह अंग्रेज़ी विकिपीडिया समुदाय की राय है कि अगर ये दोनों बिलों यदि पारित होते है, तो मुक्त और खुले वेब के लिए विनाशकारी होगे।
पिछले 72 घंटे के दौरान, 1800 से अधिक विकिपीडियनों ne एक चर्चा में शामिल हुए जिसमे उस प्रस्तावित कार्रवाई प चर्चा हुई जो कि समुदाय एसओपीए और पीआईपीए के खिलाफ लेना चाहती हो। यह अब तक विकिपीडिया पर देखे एक समुदाय चर्चा में भागीदारी का सबसे बड़ा स्तर है, जो इस प्रस्तावित कानून पर चिंता का स्तर दिखाता है। प्रतिभागियों की भारी बहुमत ने इन दो बिलों के जवाब में समुदाय द्वारा अधिक से अधिक सार्वजनिक कार्रवाई का समर्थन किया। Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a “blackout” of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support.
On careful review of this discussion, the closing administrators note the broad-based support for action from Wikipedians around the world, not just from within the United States. The primary objection to a global blackout came from those who preferred that the blackout be limited to readers from the United States, with the rest of the world seeing a simple banner notice instead. We also noted that roughly 55% of those supporting a blackout preferred that it be a global one, with many pointing to concerns about similar legislation in other nations.

In making this decision, Wikipedians will be criticized for seeming to abandon neutrality to take a political position. That’s a real, legitimate issue. We want people to trust Wikipedia, not worry that it is trying to propagandize them.

But although Wikipedia’s articles are neutral, its existence is not. As Wikimedia Foundation board member Kat Walsh wrote on one of our mailing lists recently,

We depend on a legal infrastructure that makes it possible for us to operate. And we depend on a legal infrastructure that also allows other sites to host user-contributed material, both information and expression. For the most part, Wikimedia projects are organizing and summarizing and collecting the world’s knowledge. We’re putting it in context, and showing people how to make to sense of it.
But that knowledge has to be published somewhere for anyone to find and use it. Where it can be censored without due process, it hurts the speaker, the public, and Wikimedia. Where you can only speak if you have sufficient resources to fight legal challenges, or, if your views are pre-approved by someone who does, the same narrow set of ideas already popular will continue to be all anyone has meaningful access to.

The decision to shut down the English Wikipedia wasn’t made by me; it was made by editors, through a consensus decision-making process. But I support it.

Like Kat and the rest of the Wikimedia Foundation Board, I have increasingly begun to think of Wikipedia’s public voice, and the goodwill people have for Wikipedia, as a resource that wants to be used for the benefit of the public. Readers trust Wikipedia because they know that despite its faults, Wikipedia’s heart is in the right place. It’s not aiming to monetize their eyeballs or make them believe some particular thing, or sell them a product. Wikipedia has no hidden agenda: it just wants to be helpful.

That’s less true of other sites. Most are commercially motivated: their purpose is to make money. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a desire to make the world a better place — many do! — but it does mean that their positions and actions need to be understood in the context of conflicting interests.

My hope is that when Wikipedia shuts down on January 18, people will understand that we’re doing it for our readers. We support everyone’s right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression. We think everyone should have access to educational material on a wide range of subjects, even if they can’t pay for it. We believe in a free and open Internet where information can be shared without impediment. We believe that new proposed laws like SOPA and PIPA, and other similar laws under discussion inside and outside the United States — don’t advance the interests of the general public. You can read a very good list of reasons to oppose SOPA and PIPA here, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Why is this a global action, rather than US-only? And why now, if some American legislators appear to be in tactical retreat on SOPA?

The reality is that we don’t think SOPA is going away, and PIPA is still quite active. Moreover, SOPA and PIPA are just indicators of a much broader problem. All around the world, we're seeing the development of legislation intended to fight online piracy, and regulate the Internet in other ways, that hurt online freedoms. Our concern extends beyond SOPA and PIPA: they are just part of the problem. We want the Internet to remain free and open, everywhere, for everyone. Template:SOPABlogShare On January 18, we hope you’ll agree with us, and will do what you can to make your own voice heard.

स्यू गार्डनर
कार्यकारी निदेशक, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन

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